I kekahi manawa kipi e hana i kahi mea kū ʻole i ka pilikia a i ʻole ka pilikia.
Ma ka hihia o ʻO Agota Kristof Ua hui pū nā mea āpau no laila ʻaʻole ʻo ia i kākau i kēia leo o ʻekolu mau puke i ka ʻōlelo haole i loaʻa iā ia i kāna lele ʻana mai ka Hungary hou i lawelawe malū ʻia e ka USSR.
ʻO ka like like ʻole o ka hopena e hoʻoili i kāna mau huapalapala, nā kaikaina ʻo Claus lāua ʻo Lucas, nā mea kūʻē ʻole āpau no kekahi mau keiki o ke kaua.
Nā kūlana maikaʻi ʻole i hana i kahi synergy kūikawā ma nā ʻaoʻao ʻelua o ke aniani o ka ʻoiaʻiʻo a me ka fiction. I ka wā e hoʻokokoke ʻia ai kahi realism e like me ka mea i pili i kēia voluma no ke kumu o nā hana kuʻuna nui.
He aha nā mea e hoʻopili ai i nā mea āpau, he aha ka mea i haʻi ʻia ai ka moʻolelo a me nā ʻano kikoʻī o Agota e hui pū i ka transendental, he ʻōlelo. I ka nele o nā kumuwaiwai hou aku, hōʻike ka mea kākau i kona akamai me ka conciseness e kū pono me ka ʻike o ka honua o nā keikikāne a me ko lākou hiki ke kamaʻilio.
ʻO kekahi o nā makaʻi nui o kēlā me kēia moʻolelo ka hoʻokau ʻana i nā huaʻōlelo a i ʻole nā kamaʻilio hiki ʻole ma waena o nā huapalapala i hiki ʻole ke hana ma nā wahi hea. ʻO kekahi mea e like me ke kākau ʻana i kahi puke me nā mea a nā keiki kahi e nānā ai kekahi o lākou: ʻO kēia napoʻo ʻana o ka lā, piha me nā kala ʻulaʻula, e noʻonoʻo iaʻu i ka nani pohihihi o ke ʻano o ke ola….
I kēia pāʻani pāʻani e kamaʻilio pololei nā keikikāne e like me lākou. A i kēlā hoʻopili kikoʻī ʻana i ka ʻino o nā hanana i pau i ka hoʻomālamalama ʻana, ka mea i hana ʻia i mua o ke ola. ʻO ka hiki o ka mea makana loa me ka ʻike naʻau, mai ka wā kamaliʻi, e hele i waena o nā ʻōpala o kahi kaiāulu i hana ʻia me ka pono.
ʻO Claus lāua ʻo Lucas he mau keiki makua ʻole ʻelua, nāna e ʻimi nei i nā ʻike o Agota i hiki ke hōʻike ʻia he mau hiʻohiʻona o ka manaʻo o ka mea kākau ʻole. ʻO ko lākou ola ke keaka o ka manawa a lākou i noho ai ma waena o ke kaua i noho aupuni ʻia e ko nā ʻāina ʻē. Ma nā mahele ʻekolu o ka hana:
ʻO ka mea maikaʻi loa e pili ana i ka moʻolelo pehea e lawe ai nā mea āpau i kahi manaʻo kūikawā loa e pili ana i ka mokulele kahi e ʻike ʻia ai. ʻO ka hana ʻino i hānau ʻia i ka wīwī, a i ʻole ke huki a haʻalele ʻana, e hele ana i ka noʻonoʻo ʻana o nā māhoe ma ke ʻano he ʻelua mau mea ʻino loa. ʻO mākou ka mea e hoʻokolokolo iā lākou?
Mai ka manaʻo o ka hōʻole, hoʻopau kahi manaʻo ʻawaʻawa e noho aliʻi ana nā kūlana. Ma mua o ka pilina pilikino ma waena o nā keikikāne ke noho pū lākou i nā mea āpau, a i ʻole ke hoʻoholo kekahi e noho a haʻalele kekahi, i ka ʻekolu o ka ʻāpana "The Big Lie" hoʻopau i ka waiho ʻana i nā mea āpau, e ʻimi nei i kā mākou kikoʻī ponoʻī i ka mea i haʻi ʻia. ka moʻolelo, ke hoʻopuka nei iā mākou, ke komo nei, ke hoʻāʻo nei e hoʻokomo iā mākou iho i kahi o kekahi a me kekahi e ʻimi nei i kahi synthes hiki ʻole e pili ana i kahi ʻoiaʻiʻo maʻamau i ka hopena ka wahaheʻe nui.
Hiki iā ʻoe ke kūʻai i kēia puke ʻo Claus lāua ʻo Lucas, ka puke nui na Agota Kristof, ma aneʻi: